Panasonic HMC-TM900 Review

Dressed all in black, the chrome-look accents adorn the ring lens and lens that also serves as the control of the zoom or focus the lens. Near the ring are included Camera Function button to activate the manual mode of taking pictures or video.

Adopting a touch screen system, all camera settings to do from here plus a button to record and zoom in the form of a physical button on the screen frame. Contrary to the position of the screen, to the body part in there is the Power button and set the port that has its own lid.

In addition to the Power button, there 1080/50p button that serves to activate the video recording mode in FullHD resolution and speed of 50 frames-per-second. Perhaps you are wondering, why 50p and not 60p? It turned out that the specification is tailored to regional standards. Since the test unit we received uses the PAL standard, the standard used was 50p.

Setting the recording quality on HMC-TM900 just a selection of the resulting bitrate levels. While for fixed FullHD resolution. To handle the audio, the camcorder is equipped with standard Dolby Digital Creator, which produces audio in Dolby Digital 5.1 format. The ability to record multi-channel audio is supported by five mics arranged in such a way as to capture the sound source with more accurate positioning.

Specifications Panasonic HMC-TM900

Censorship
3 x 1/4.1 "CMOS (3MOS)

Maximum resolution
8 Megapixel (effective sensor)

Zoom
12x Optical (35mm - 420mm)

LCD
3.5 "460.800 pixel

Video Format
AVCHD, MPEG-4

Recording mode
1080/60p, HA, HG, HX, HE, iFrame

Connection
Digital output: USB 2.0; Mini HDMI: AV Multi Out

Dimensions (Plt)
13.8 x6, 6x6, 9 cm

Completeness
- USB Cable
- AV Cable
- Software CD
- Quick Guide
- Hand Strap
- Li-ion Battery and Charger

The weight of the body including the battery
440 grams

Other
Digital Cinema Mode, Manual Settings, Electronic Viewfinder, Cold Shoe, 3D Lens Optional